could be trouble brewing:
One week after a home game against Oklahoma was postponed due to COVID-19 issues for the Sooners, West Virginia football is dealing with an isolated number of players affected by positive tests and contact tracing before Saturday's game on the road against No. 12 Iowa State.
However, an athletic department spokesperson said the team is "not at this time" concerned about postponing or cancelling the game against the Cyclones. That's a temporary condition, though, because WVU has more testing to conduct before traveling to Iowa tomorrow. The Mountaineers haven't played since winning at home against TCU on Nov. 14.
Big 12 teams test three times a week, and a source said Wednesday's tests produced the results that will affect Saturday's travel roster. More players are sidelined by contact tracing than by positive tests, and a source said the two-deep will be missing two players on offense and one on defense, though other players who don't normally play or travel are also unavailable due to a positive test or contact tracing. The offense could use all the help it can get against the Cyclones (7-2, 7-1 Big 12), who have won back-to-back games against the Mountaineers and allowed fewer than 200 yards of offense in both games.
Surprised by how well we have handled WVU the past couple years.
One week after a home game against Oklahoma was postponed due to COVID-19 issues for the Sooners, West Virginia football is dealing with an isolated number of players affected by positive tests and contact tracing before Saturday's game on the road against No. 12 Iowa State.
However, an athletic department spokesperson said the team is "not at this time" concerned about postponing or cancelling the game against the Cyclones. That's a temporary condition, though, because WVU has more testing to conduct before traveling to Iowa tomorrow. The Mountaineers haven't played since winning at home against TCU on Nov. 14.
Big 12 teams test three times a week, and a source said Wednesday's tests produced the results that will affect Saturday's travel roster. More players are sidelined by contact tracing than by positive tests, and a source said the two-deep will be missing two players on offense and one on defense, though other players who don't normally play or travel are also unavailable due to a positive test or contact tracing. The offense could use all the help it can get against the Cyclones (7-2, 7-1 Big 12), who have won back-to-back games against the Mountaineers and allowed fewer than 200 yards of offense in both games.
Surprised by how well we have handled WVU the past couple years.